What Is Disney Infinity?

It appears Disney is creating an open-world sandbox game with creative elements. And it sounds awesome.

By IGN Staff

Disney will announce an ambitious, open-world sandbox game called Disney Infinity in January 2013, according to a report. Disney Infinity is planned to take advantage of unspecified consoles, Android devices, and Apple’s iPad for cross-platform play.

via Polygon

Assets leaked to Polygon detail characters, gameplay scenarios, mechanics, and character skills for Disney Infinity. For example, Woody from Toy Story uses a Just Cause 2-esque tether to stick to an aircraft controlled by Buzz Lightyear, which slings him into the sky. In another scenario, a player flings explosives from a slingshot to tear down a block castle. On the opposite end of the destruction spectrum, you can compile various pieces to construct a racetrack. Other abilities include invisibility, ranged combat, damage modifiers, and swimming, each appropriate to the character you control.

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Disney Infinity also looks to be designed as a platform, with franchise-specific expansions to come over time.

Disney Infinity looks to combine the greatest elements from the most creative games in recent years – players can create and modify the world around them much like LittleBigPlanet and Minecraft. Pre-packaged cities permit game modes such as soccer and capture-the-flag, but Disney Infinity appears to be about creating the experience you want from it.

Like those that inspired it, Disney Infinity also looks to be designed as a platform, with franchise-specific expansions to come over time, including iconic locations and characters, as well as additional world-building objects. Presently, it appears Pixar’s Toy Story, Monsters Inc, and The Incredibles will join other major Disney properties, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Wreck-It Ralph, Aladdin, and Frankenweenie.

Disney Infinity is apparently in development at Avalanche Software, whose Toy Story 3: The Video Game mode “Toy Box” inspired a large-scale spinoff.

IGN asked Disney for clarification or comment, and we have yet to hear a response.